@rickenbacker I was wondering the same thing... with the first scenario the more likely one.......

"AND WA, LA,"  ??!

That may well be the case, Rick. But there's just something off-kilter about this posting -

- a new user's first posting containing pretty frank discussions of his "unusual" sexual proclivities

- the peculiar spelling & grammar (wa,la ??!)

- and, as you noted, THE USE OF ALL-CAPS WHICH PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE KNOWS IS A NO-NO

But who am I to judge, I guess.......

No one's angry; no one's hating. Well, speaking only for myself of course. Just commenting on what seems to be a rather bizarre posting, and possibly, as Rickenbaker noted, someone"taking a piss" (e.g., poking fun at this forum). When you're the webmaster for a web site that has a public forum, you start seeing "familiar patterns" with certain kinds of postings.

If I'm shown to be mistaken, I'll apologize immediately of course. But so far, "KIRBYDUDE" has not returned to comment further.

Sorry, but how is what's been said in this tread any different than bullying?  Plain and simple.

While I, too, read this thread a few times to try and glean the point -- I agree with what Rick said.  This is someone's first posting on the website, let's give him the benefit of doubt. 

I have my ways of seeing where these posts are coming from; don't think I'm not checking.  While I appreciate people bringing suspicious things to my attention via EMAIL (please!), going forward, if there's going to be any questioning of "familiar patterns", I'm going to be the one doing the questioning.

I apologize on behalf of the club to KirbyDude... please don't let this criticism of your first post prevent you from further engaging yourself in our website.

Fred

Welcome Kirbydude,  I will look forward to seeing your pictures when you can post them.  How many machines do you have in your collection?  I have always felt that Kirby's are a work of art.

Terry

Well, here I sit before a large dish of humble pie.

Kirbydude, I am VERY SORRY that I misjudged or misinterpreted your first message.

And may I say, I too am a true-blue Kirby aficionado! (However, there is no sexual component to my interest in them -- simply deep nostalgia, along with great appreciation of the design and aesthetics.)

At the moment, the oldest Kirby I have is the 1910 Franz Premier (not in working order). I have two Scott & Fetzer Sanitation System machines, one of them a rare "retail" model with the switch in the handle. Then a Model 1R (not in working order), a 1C, a 2C, and a complete set of all the 500 series (505 through 562), most of them in all-original condition and many of them complete with all the attachments, accessories, cartons, instruction booklets, etc.

Below is a link to my web pages entitled "The 500 Series Kirby Vacuum Cleaner," very much a work in progress but fairly complete.

Again, welcome, and again, many apologies. Especially if the curiosity I expressed came off as "bullying." I =CERTAINLY= did not mean it that way.